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TE Bennett Christian (Official Thread)

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“It was great,” Christian told Eleven Warriors Monday night. “Finally my first OSU game, definitely lived up to the expectations and it was a great atmosphere. Ohio State played really well, so it was fun to watch … To be honest, it was almost exactly like I expected it to be. Just from watching TV and videos. The O-H and then I-O chant around the stadium was really cool. That was probably the highlight of the whole stadium as far as atmosphere goes.”

Christian spent a lot of the visit with fellow 2022 commits C.J. Hicks and Tegra Tshabola.

“It was good, I haven’t seen those guys since my official visit back in June,” Christian said. “It was good seeing them and continuing to build the relationship with those guys and strengthen the brotherhood.”

Christian also spent time with Ryan Day, OSU tight ends coach Kevin Wilson and assistant athletic director for player personnel Mark Pantoni on the visit. Along with his father, Christian got to watch Wilson break down some of the game film from Maryland on Sunday morning.

“I probably talk to at least one of the coaches almost every day,” Christian said. “Even if it’s just a quick text to the coaches. I’ll probably talk to coach Wilson three times a week, maybe on the phone.”
 
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“Obviously, it was challenging mentally and physically, but I made the best out of it,” Christian said Thursday. “Put my head down, went to work every day. I prayed all the time and I really grew in my faith with my parents. And I grew from it. It’s a lesson learned, for sure.

“I was devastated. It really caught me off guard,” Christian said of his initial reaction when he learned he would be suspended. “It was a rough time. But I moved past it and decided I had three choices. Either I could tuck my tail and run away; hide from it, not acknowledge it; or grow from it and learn from it and make myself better, and that's what I did during the year.

“I'd be lying if I said it (didn’t take) me a little bit. It was definitely hard at first. Had to deal with with some stuff mentally. But I would say during mid-spring, after spring, I said, ‘Okay, I'm gonna be better at this.’ I had a really good summer, a really good fall camp, and I grew a lot during the season.”

While Christian wasn’t allowed to play in games for Ohio State last season, he was still allowed to participate in practices and all other team activities, and he took advantage of those opportunities. Being suspended meant spending the season with the scout team, but that experience helped Christian grow because it meant going up against starting defensive ends Jack Sawyer and JT Tuimoloau on a daily basis.

“They're the best in the country at their position. And getting to go against them, really work on my technique, my hand placement, my feet for a year, I think for not being able to play, I developed at a really good rate,” Christian said Thursday.

Because he wasn’t competing for playing time, Christian was able to focus strictly on doing his job in practice and his individual development, which he believes was beneficial.

“That was kind of good and bad,” Christian said. “There was no pressure, so I got to work on myself, and I got better from that.”
 
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